Elina Svitolina and Liudmila Samsonova will face off in the 2nd round of the Wuhan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.333
Liudmila Samsonova -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Liudmila Samsonova
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Bad Homburg back in June 2026.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs Liudmila Samsonova – Bad Homburg 23-June-2026
Elina Svitolina
48 - 16win/loss
6
3
LWWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48-16 | 31-9 | 13-3 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-15 | 14-8 | 18-3 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-18 | 16-9 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-12 | 4-3 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, the Ukrainian will start her run in Wuhan after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-3 7-6(6) to Zheng in the quarter on the 9th of October.
Elina has an overall 48-16 win-loss record in 2026, 31-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Auckland where she overcame Xinyu Wang in the final 6-3 7-6(6) and in Rome where she defeated Cori Gauff in the final 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, Svitolina has an overall 584-291 record. She has a positive 328-152 record on hard.
Previously in Wuhan
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See her history.
Liudmila Samsonova
21 - 23win/loss
43
12
WLWLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-23 | 15-14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-23 | 15-15 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-23 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-24 | 25-15 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-17 | 26-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Ludmilla reached the 2nd round after beating Katerina Siniakova 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ludmilla defeated Siniakova (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match Samsonova scored 85 points vs Siniakova’s 69. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Samsonova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 80% (43/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Samsonova broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Ludmilla has a compiled 21-23 win-loss record in 2026, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wuhan
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-71 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-71 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Lilli TaggerTagger (7-6(4) 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-6 7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Mayar SherifSherif (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Han ShiShi – Alexandra EalaEala (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (2-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Sofia Kenin/Irina KhromachevaKenin/Irina Khromacheva – Asia Muhammad/Jessica PegulaMuhammad/Jessica Pegula (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Hanyu Guo/Kristina MladenovicGuo/Kristina Mladenovic – Maia Lumsden/Alexandra PanovaLumsden/Alexandra Panova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Xiyu WangWang – Xinyu WangWang (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Sonay KartalKartal – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulrikke Eikeri/Quinn GleasonEikeri/Quinn Gleason – Maya Joint/Desirae KrawczykJoint/Desirae Krawczyk (2-6 6-4 10-5) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mia PohankovaPohankova – Anna BondarBondar (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tereza Mihalikova/Olivia NichollsMihalikova/Olivia Nicholls – Hao-Ching Chan/Miyu KatoChan/Miyu Kato (6-3 2-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Aoi ItoIto (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Mayar SherifSherif (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-7(1) 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-6 7-6(6) 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Lilli TaggerTagger (7-6(4) 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-7(1) 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ann LiLi – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Marta KostyukKostyuk (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Hanyu GuoGuo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Caty McNallyMcNally (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-4) – H2H and prediction
